Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
Judge not unless you judge yourself.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.